"Hackers target law firms, attorneys, and their clients for the private information and secrets they keep. The volume and intensity of cyber attacks and breaches affecting law firms and lawyers are at unprecedented levels and getting worse. Many professionals have become comfortably numb to the news and the reality of what comes next." (via lawtechnologytoday.org)

"What does it mean to be innovative today? The term is most often used to describe organizations pushing the envelope with technology to drive efficiency throughout their business.We hear the word innovation a lot—so often it begs the question: If everything is innovative, is anything innovative?"(via relativity.com/blog)

"Recruiting women to work at tech companies is just half the battle—retaining women is also an issue many tech companies face. According to a report by Indeed, women leave the tech field at a 45% higher rate than men..." (via techrepublic.com)

"One of the earlier legal AI pioneers, Legal Robot – which has mostly had a focus on corporates and is based in California – has been awarded $100,000 to ‘create a free research tool that journalists and the public can use to find and analyse government contracts, so that they may better understand how public entities use the people’s resources’."(via artificiallawyer.com)

"From speaking to some of the lawyers afterwards, it was clear to me that, in imploring them of the need to become technologically competent, I might as well have been telling them that they need to become fluent in Russian. One lawyer I spoke to swore he would retire from law practice before having to learn technology." (via abovethelaw.com)

Tell Us What You Think.

The goal of Ricoh's Intelligent eDiscovery blog is to use educational and practical content to connect the best and brightest in the legal and eDiscovery community to generate ideas that inspire, expand perspectives and drive our industry forward. We hope you enjoy it and welcome any feedback or input you may have.

Ricoh eDiscovery provides ISO 9001:2015 quality-certified evidence and document management solutions, as well as litigation support services that successfully integrate technology, defensible processes and professional services to meet the unique needs of our clients.